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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
4 calories/gram
dark green - orange - drybeans
trans fatty acid
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
2. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
antioxidant - immune function
one tspn salt or less
B and C
fats
3. What is normal BMI?
trans fatty acid
TPN total parenteral nutrition
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
18-25
4. What is the function of vitamin E?
transferrin
300 cal/day increase
antioxidant - immune function
decrease in total lymphocyte count
5. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
500 cal/day
transferrin
diet recall
low albumin levels < 3.4
6. Sources of fats
liver and intestinal synthesis
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
5.5 ounces/day
7. What function is vitamin D?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
4 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
8. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
500 cal/day
B and C
vitamin K
2.5 cups
9. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
4 calories/gram
6 oz. a day
pregnant women or elderly
dietary approach to stop hypertension
10. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
hemorrhage
protein
apple is higher risk than a pear
11. When does BMR decrease?
B and C
one tspn salt or less
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
4 calories/gram
12. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
protein and fat
300 cal/day increase
500 cal/day
13. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
3 cups
low albumin levels < 3.4
antioxidant - immune function
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
14. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
4 calories/gram
15. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
atrophy or wasting of muscle
16. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
500 cal/day
rickets - osteomalacia
17. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
dark green - orange - drybeans
3 cups
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
18. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
dairy and fortified foods
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
19. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vitamin C - citrus fruits
albumin levels
6 oz. a day
20. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
carrots and sweet potatoes
pregnant women or elderly
starches - sugars - and cellulose
21. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
can consume more calories without weight gain
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
decrease in total lymphocyte count
22. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
protein
milk - enriched grains
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
pregnant women or elderly
23. When does BMR increase?
prealbumin levels
pregnant women or elderly
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
24. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
5.5 ounces/day
diet recall
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
25. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
milk - enriched grains
albumin levels
day week or month
26. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
hemoglobin
500 cal/day
300 cal/day increase
27. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
protein and fat
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
transferrin
28. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
can consume more calories without weight gain
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
transferrin
3 cups
29. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
review of systems
hemoglobin
protein
6 oz. a day
30. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
apple is higher risk than a pear
pregnant women or elderly
500 cal/day
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
31. What are healthy sources of fats?
500 cal/day
fats
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
milk - enriched grains
32. What does DASH stand for?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
dairy and fortified foods
atrophy or wasting of muscle
dietary approach to stop hypertension
33. The higher the BMR a client has --
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
can consume more calories without weight gain
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
cream cheese - cream or butter
34. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
albumin levels
review of systems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
35. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
18-25
5.5 ounces/day
fat soluble vitamins
36. What is RDA of protein?
prealbumin levels
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
hemorrhage
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
37. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
one week period
300 cal/day increase
6 oz. a day
protein
38. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
39. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
40. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
hemoglobin
2.5 cups
trans fatty acid
500 cal/day
41. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
trans fatty acid
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
500 cal/day
42. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
carrots and sweet potatoes
decrease in total lymphocyte count
diet recall
one tspn salt or less
43. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
essential amino acids
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
vitamin K
44. What is the function of vitamin C?
can consume more calories without weight gain
carrots and sweet potatoes
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
45. What function is vitamin A?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
transferrin
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
46. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
protein
B and C
apple is higher risk than a pear
47. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
prealbumin levels
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
hemorrhage
48. What is normal albumin levels?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
4 calories/gram
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
carrots and sweet potatoes
49. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
milk - enriched grains
day week or month
decrease in total lymphocyte count
dietary approach to stop hypertension
50. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
4 calories/gram
essential amino acids
2 cups